Checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) of the Balkan Peninsula, with first records for Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and for the European part of Turkey

Abstract

This paper presents 58 new records of the family Dolichopodidae for Bulgaria, Montenegro, North Macedonia and European part of Turkey, collected from 37 localities. Seventeen species are recorded for the first time from Bulgaria, six of which are new to the Balkan Peninsula, 23 species for European Turkey, three of which are new to the entire territory of Turkey, seven species for Montenegro and 11 species for North Macedonia. A checklist of the Dolichopodidae of the Balkan Peninsula is provided. The total number of dolichopodids of the Balkan Peninsula is currently raised to 288 species.

Species composition and distribution of the dipterans (Insecta: Diptera) in Bulgaria

“…des; Chvála 1983Chvála , 1989Chvála & Kovalev 1989;Dzhambazov 1995bDzhambazov , 2000. Microphorella praecox (Loew, 1864) -RW; 750 m; 2; e; Dzhambazov 1995bDzhambazov , 2000 Rhaphium monotrichum Loew, 1850 -TL, RW;149-1400 m;wces;Kechev 2007aKechev , 2010Kechev , 2015Kechev & Ivanova 2015;Kechev et al 2020. ?…”

“…Rhaphium pectinatum (Loew, 1859) [R. brevicorne Curtis, 1835] -TL; 149 m; 1; e; Kechev 2015;Kechev & Ivanova 2015. Rhaphium penicillatum Loew, 1850 -S23, TL, RW; 150-300 m; 1; e; Kechev 2007aKechev , 2010Kechev , 2016Kechev et al 2014Kechev et al , 2020. Rhaphium riparium (Meigen, 1824) [R. praerosum Loew, 1850] -RW; 300 m; 1; e; Kechev 2007aKechev , 2010Kechev et al 2020.…”

“…Rhaphium penicillatum Loew, 1850 -S23, TL, RW; 150-300 m; 1; e; Kechev 2007aKechev , 2010Kechev , 2016Kechev et al 2014Kechev et al , 2020. Rhaphium riparium (Meigen, 1824) [R. praerosum Loew, 1850] -RW; 300 m; 1; e; Kechev 2007aKechev , 2010Kechev et al 2020. Chrysotimus flaviventris (von Roser, 1840) [Chrysotus concinnus Zetterstedt, 1843] - 1000-1350Kechev 2007aKechev , 2010Kechev , 2015Kechev , 2021bKechev et al 2020.…”

“…Rhaphium riparium (Meigen, 1824) [R. praerosum Loew, 1850] -RW; 300 m; 1; e; Kechev 2007aKechev , 2010Kechev et al 2020. Chrysotimus flaviventris (von Roser, 1840) [Chrysotus concinnus Zetterstedt, 1843] - 1000-1350Kechev 2007aKechev , 2010Kechev , 2015Kechev , 2021bKechev et al 2020. Chrysotimus molliculus (Fallén, 1823) -S23, TL, RW; 150-1200 m; 1, 2, 3; e; Kechev 2005Kechev , 2007aKechev , 2015Kechev , 2016Kechev , 2020Kechev et al 2014Kechev et al , 2020Kechev & Ivanova 2015.…”

“…The number of publications increased rapidly after the Second World War. Volumes from the series Fauma of Bulgaria and catalogues of the separate families have been published (Beschovski 1985(Beschovski , 2009Lavčiev 2003;Bechev 2006Bechev , 2010Kechev et al 2020). Taxonomic and faunistic studies were performed by Bulgarian and foreign authors.…”